Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement

What the syllabus asks of you

• How important was the work of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan to the development of the Pakistan Movement during the 19th century?
• What was his contribution to education, politics and religion?
• How important was his ‘Two-Nation’ Theory?
• What was the Hindi–Urdu Controversy?
• How successful was the Aligarh Movement?
• his contribution to the education of Muslims and
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: an understanding of his social and political theory, and of its origins
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: the impact of his work on Muslims and the western world
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: his relations with the British and the ulama
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: the reasons for the foundation of Aligarh College
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: his role in the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League
• the revitalisation of their national consciousness: the meaning and origin of his ‘Two-Nation’ Theory and the Hindi–Urdu Controversy.